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- 1921 'MURCHISON NOTES
It is very pleasing to report that Mr Arthur Leeds has returned to Wandina after his severe illness, and is recovering fast. [3]
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Little is documented of European exploration of the Muggon area. Isolated sections of Muggon were selected as
individual leases in the late 1870s and 1880s. The lack of water on Muggon (except in good years) discouraged
early settlers from taking up much of the existing lease (Nixon & Lefroy n.d.).
In 1907, John Mitchell acquired the Muggon country for his mother’s family firm, L.D. Mitchell & Sons of Yallalong. For the next quarter of a century the area was run as an out camp of Yallalong and cattle were grazed over the area (Nixon & Lefroy n.d.).
A stone building and shearing shed were erected near a natural well called ‘Mookin’. Unfortunately, the shearing
shed burnt down in 1927. In 1928, John Mitchell built a homestead, outbuilding and a second shearing shed then
began an extensive fencing program and endeavoured to obtain better water supplies.
Arthur Leeds lived in the homestead and ran the station for the Mitchell family although the property was still considered part of Yallalong (Nixon & Lefroy n.d.).
The current shearing shed is unique in its construction in that it is an all-steel shed, prefabricated, that was fully imported from England. The only timber in the shed is that on the floor of the wool room, the shearing board and the pens.
The shearer’s quarters and mess were also constructed of steel and have flat slate slabs which are unique to the property. The slate came from a hill called Badgeradda, about 160 kilometres from the homestead (Nixon & Lefroy n.d.).
In 1937, John Mitchell died and Arthur Leeds and his family moved to Yalallong leaving the Muggon
homestead and area unoccupied and resulted in it being again run from Yallalong on an outstation basis. [1]
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1883 - 1958 (75 years)
